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A shared company brain that every AI model and teammate works from
Intermediate API
What is HQ?
HQ is an open source company brain for teams: shared knowledge, reusable slash command skills, Slack and email bots, deployable apps and runtime injected secrets, all usable across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT and Claude. Free for up to 5 people.
HQ is a shared context layer for teams that use AI coding and chat tools. Rather than letting each person's prompts, decisions and playbooks pile up inside separate chat histories, HQ keeps them in one working directory that Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT and Claude read from. It calls the result a company brain: the knowledge, projects, skills and workflows your team already owns, made available to every model and every bot the team uses. The mechanics are file based and command driven. Any prompt or workflow can be turned into a reusable skill, invoked as a slash command and pushed to colleagues with a sync command, so a method one operator refined becomes something everyone can run in one step. How the team works (docs, playbooks, policies, decisions) accumulates in the same place and is searchable semantically. Bots can be deployed into email and Slack to act on that context instead of starting blank, apps and dashboards can be shipped behind a signed team only link with a deploy command, and credentials are injected at runtime so colleagues use keys without ever seeing them. It suits small and mid sized teams already working inside AI coding assistants or chat tools, especially operators, agencies and ecommerce groups where one person adopts AI faster than the rest. The case studies lean that way: wholesale and inventory reporting, prompt sprawl consolidated into a system, tool silos collapsed into one workspace. Against alternatives, HQ is not another model or chat client. It competes with the improvised stack of shared docs, prompt libraries and wiki pages that teams assemble to give AI context, and with the context features bundled into individual vendors. Its argument is portability: knowledge lives in plain files you control, so swapping models or vendors does not reset the work. The trade off is that value depends on the team actually contributing to the brain, and the product assumes familiarity with command line style workflows.
How do you use HQ?
1Install HQ and create your team workspace
Start from the welcome page, install HQ, and set up the workspace that will hold your team's knowledge and skills. The free tier covers up to five people, so a small team can evaluate it before committing.
2Watch the tutorials and skim the cheat sheet
The getting started page hosts video walkthroughs, and the cheat sheet lists the core commands. Review both to understand how skills, sync and knowledge files fit together before adding real content.
3Bring your first knowledge files in
Add the documents your team already relies on, such as playbooks, brand guidelines and onboarding notes, so every teammate and bot begins from real company context rather than an empty prompt.4Turn a working prompt into a shared skill
Convert a prompt or workflow that already works into a slash command, then sync it so colleagues can run the same step. Repeat for the routines your team performs most often.5Connect your AI tools through MCP
Point Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT or Claude at the workspace so they read from the shared context. The MCP product page explains how the connection works across tools.
6Deploy a bot or an app for the team
Put a bot into Slack or email, or deploy a dashboard behind a signed team only link, so the shared context produces output colleagues can use directly.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Keeps knowledge in plain files the team owns and can export, rather than trapping context inside a single vendor's chat historyAI
- Skills sync as slash commands, so one person's workflow becomes a repeatable step for the whole teamAI
- Works across several popular AI tools at once, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT and ClaudeAI
- Bots in Slack and email act on the team's own knowledge and skills instead of a blank contextAI
- Sensitive keys are injected at runtime, so teammates use credentials without handling themAI
Cons
- Value depends on steady contribution: a neglected knowledge base gives the AI nothing useful to readAI
- The workflow is command line oriented, with slash commands and sync steps that non technical staff may find awkwardAI
- Pricing beyond the free tier of five people is not spelled out on the homepageAI
- Little detail on which models perform best or how conflicts between competing knowledge files are resolvedAI
- Setup effort is front loaded; teams expecting instant gains from a single install will be disappointedAI
How much does HQ cost?
Pricing
The homepage states that HQ is free for up to 5 people and is open source. No paid tiers, per seat rates or usage limits beyond that threshold appear on the homepage; the pricing page is the place to confirm current plans.
Learn moreSupport
Support resources include a getting started page with video tutorials, a command cheat sheet, live training sessions, an FAQ, and written case studies covering how customer teams use the product.
Learn moreIntegrations
HQ works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT and Claude, with MCP used to connect chat tools. Bots deploy into Slack and email. An integrations page and a bot directory list further options.
Learn moreFeatures
Shared knowledge that compounds as the team works, reusable slash command skills synced to colleagues, bots for Slack and email acting on team context, one command deploys behind signed team only links, runtime injected secrets, semantic search across knowledge and projects, visibility into how AI is used, and plain file context the team owns and can export.
Learn moreFrequently asked questions about HQ
How much does HQ cost?
The homepage states that HQ is free for up to 5 people and is open source. No paid tiers, per seat rates or usage limits beyond that threshold appear on the homepage; the pricing page is the place to confirm current plans.Does HQ offer a free trial?
No trial is described. The offer is a free tier for teams of up to five people, which lets a small group use the product without a time limit before deciding whether to expand.Does HQ have an API?
Yes, HQ offers an API.How do you use HQ?
The walkthrough on this page covers 6 steps: 1. Install HQ and create your team workspace 2. Watch the tutorials and skim the cheat sheet 3. Bring your first knowledge files in 4. Turn a working prompt into a shared skill 5. Connect your AI tools through MCP 6. Deploy a bot or an app for the team.What platforms does HQ support?
HQ is available on Web App, MacOS, Windows and Linux.What does HQ integrate with?
HQ works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT and Claude, with MCP used to connect chat tools. Bots deploy into Slack and email. An integrations page and a bot directory list further options.
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